CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.
MOTORIST COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (Per United Press Association.! AUCKLAND, December 8. A charge of manslaughter was preferred against Wm. Pitman, land agent, at the conclusion of an inquest before Mr F. K. Hunt, S.M., concerning the death of Elsie Lillian Rooerts, who received fatal injuries through being knocked down on November 3 'by a motor car driven by Pitman. The coroner returned a verdict in which ho Said the motor car was driven by Pitman in a culpably negligent manner. Pitman, when charged with manslaughter, pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. Bail was fixed at £SOO, and was forthcoming.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19349, 9 December 1924, Page 8
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